Clemson transfer Adonis Filer is latest FAU recruit

First-year basketball coach Michael Curry hasn’t been sitting around waiting for practice to start in October.

Curry signed his second player _ and first point guard _ since being hired April 7 to replace Mike Jarvis in Adonis Filer, who played sparingly for Clemson the past two years.

The 6-foot-2 Filer, who averaged 3.9 points, 1.3 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game for the Tigers last season, announced in a tweet that he was making the move. He’ll have to sit out the 2014-15 season but will have two years eligibility remaining.

Filer averaged 6.3 points and 19 minutes per game as a freshman but had his role diminish this past season. He announced in April he planned to transfer.

Showing he has a sense of humor, Filer tweeted, “I’m taking my talents to South Beach lol. Imma FAU Owl! Michael Curry. Eric Snow. Best duo in the game!” Snow is Curry’s top assistant.

Curry had previously signed Maceo Baston II, the son of former pro Maceo Baston, whose 13-year career included stops with three NBA teams.

While Filer hasn’t gotten much of a chance at Clemson, he does have a solid pedigree, having played on a Notre Dame Prep team in Massachusetts that included Sam Cassell Jr., the son of NBA star Sam Cassell, and Steven Adams, who played meaningful minutes for the Oklahoma City Thunder in the playoffs this year.

The Clemson athletic site describes Filer as “an athletic, quick point guard” who “plays solid on-ball defense.” He played in all 31 games as a freshman, becoming the first freshman in five years to score at least 20 points in a game when he put up 21 against The Citadel.

Two freshmen shared the FAU point guard duties last year: Marquan Botley, who made the Conference USA All-Freshman team, and D’Andre Johnson, who was a finalist of Conference USA Freshman of the Year.